Horn for motor-cars and other vehicles.



y A. GOUESNUN. HORN FOR MOTOR GARS AND OTHER VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED EEB, 1912.

`Patented Mar. 18, 1913.

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AMDE coUEsNoN, or raars, FRANCE.

HORN FOR MOTGR-CAR-S AND OTHER VEHICLES.

Application led February 7, 1912.

Be it known that I, Arnim-'1n COUESNON, citizen of the French Republic, residing at Paris, in the Republic ot' France, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horns 'for Motor-Cars and other' Vehicles, of which the following is a specitication.

This invention has for its object a horn tor motor-ears and other vehicles, which is adapted to be operated by hand or by a controlled pump, and in which there is no reason to tear the blocking of the reed no matter what the strength ot the jetof air transmitted by the pump may be, this resultl being obtained without special parts or accesseries.

The accompanying drawing illustrates the devicein which- Figure l, is a general view, in perspective, ot' the invention, attached to a motor-car; and Fig. Q is a fragmentary side view of a part o'tthe device, showing details ot its internal construction.

In Fig. l a horn is shown in which the trumpet, reed l, and cornet Q are distantt'rom the bulb 4f and connected to the latter by a pipe 3. The air comingthrough the pipe 5 from the pump G again enters the pipe B, but it must escape into the bulb through an internal flexible pipe 12, and from the bulb it passes to the reed through the annular space between the pipes 3 and l2. The horn sounds instantaneously in spite oct' the space offered to the. air by the displace-ment of the air contained in this space itself.

In Fig. 2 it may be seen that the air enters through the pipe 5 which connects with the flexible pipe 1Q, leading into and along one Specification of Letters Patent.

Fatented Mar. 1S, 1913.

Serial No. 675,994.

side of the larger pipe 3, and into, approximately, the center of the bulb 4. On pressure of the bulb the air passes out through the space between the flexible pipe l2 and the larger pipe 3, surrounding it and into the reed box l and horn 2.

Having now described the invention, l declare that what I claim is l. fr hand-operated horn for vehicles comprising an air bulb, a reed, a pipe connecting said bulb with said reed, a fly wheel, a pump driven by said fly wheel, a pipe adapted to convey air trom the pump to said irst named pipe, a portio-n of the second named pipe being mounted within said first named pipe and adapted to be spaced from it, said first named pipe constituting an air duct, from said bulb to said reed.

2. ri hand-operated horn Jfor vehicles comprising an air bulb a reed, a. pipe connecting said bulb with said reed, a fly wheel actuated by the vehicle running gear, a pump, al steering member, a button on said steering member to cause said fly wheel to operatesaid pump, a pipe to convey air from said pump to said iirst named pipe, a portion of the second named pipe being mounted wit-hin said iirst named pipe and spaced from it and extending into said bulb, said iirst named pipe constituting an air duct. from said bulb to said reed, and an esca-pe Valve in said rst named pipe.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name this 22nd day of January 1912, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

Anuman coUrisNoN.

lVitnesses ANTONIO Mr-iN'rERLI-rnfr, H. C. Coxn.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

